Facilities (Learning Spaces)
New school bus technologies are cutting costs, monitoring students, finding students for parents and more.
- By Michael Fickes
- 10/01/13
Furniture & Equipment
Power-enabled columns: at the Milan Center for Innovative Studies, Milan, Mich., power and data connections at structural columns give students a place to engage in self-directed learning.
- By Carla Remenschneider
- 10/01/13
Living Spaces (Furniture & Equpment)
Important traditions live on in a new residence hall at the University of Georgia.
- By Brenda T. Elrod
- 10/01/13
Facilities (Campus Spaces)
Learning Spaces (Furniture & Equipment)
Understanding classroom ergonomics is about more than just buying a well-designed chair; it can also impact student health and success.
- By Brandon Barrett
- 10/01/13
Furniture & Equipment
The time has come to examine development partnerships as an opportunity to move forward as the deep recession eases.
- By Brian C. Mitchell
- 09/01/13
Smart Business & Purchasing
It's time to take control of what you are spending on shipping costs. Since 2006, Baltimore County Public Schools (BCPS) has saved our taxpayers over $1 million negotiating our own transportation contracts.
Strategic Procurement Teams
Is separating the procurement department into tactical and strategic teams right for your institution?
- By Charles Dominick
- 09/01/13
Safety & Security (Prepare and Be Aware)
Keys to effective and practical school security assessments.
Cost-effective and efficient maintenance and housekeeping operations begin at the programming and design stages of residence hall construction projects.
- By Clyde Froehlich
- 08/01/13
Business (Campus Spaces)
School administrators walk a tightrope, balancing their desire for a green campus with the need for an acceptable ROI. Here are three examples of how campuses strike that balance — or, in one case, not worry about it at all.
Whether it's mow and blow or a little more complicated, landscapes demand constant attention. Grounds professionals speak up about what it takes to stay in the green.
Facilities (Learning Spaces)
Art can proclaim a building's identity while promoting educational goals.
Safety & Security (Prepare and Be Aware)
Resources are available to assist institutions to efficiently and effectively fulfill requirements of the Jeanne Clery Act.
- By Sherrie Negrea
- 08/01/13
Facilities (Campus Spaces)
Integrating the right signage into your campus can aid in building identity and marketing for use in the wider community.
Using floors as a way-finding method.
- By Kendall Speer Ellis
- 08/01/13
Articles about improving school restrooms too often miss one big point.
Something called Building Information Modeling offers a new and better way to manage maintenance.
- By Michael Fickes
- 08/01/13
Facilities (Learning Spaces)
How do architects and designers know that they're creating schools with interiors that positively affect student performance?
Business (Managing Higher Ed)
More college and universities are finding success in using campus teams to manage troubled students.
- By Sherrie Negrea
- 07/01/13
The Safer Campus
Leveraging Disney's organizational behavior for emergency management at colleges and universities.
Facilities (Building Information Modeling)
Hygiene and vandalism resistance rank as key concerns in today’s more collaborative K-12 restroom and locker room designs.
- By Michael Fickes
- 07/01/13
Safe & Secure Schools
- By Stephen C. Satterly
- 07/01/13
Technology is modernizing the traditional instructional environment. The modern college student arrives on campus with more than just a suitcase in tow. An array of gadgets will also be on hand, including a tablet computer, a smartphone, an MP3 player, perhaps a laptop.
The Safer Campus
Finding the best solution for securing college and university doors is a challenge for security professionals.
- By Mark J. Berger
- 07/01/13
A sensible balance must be found when deciding how to renovate and repurpose historic campus structures to meet todays programming needs.
The Safer Campus
Will giving students permission to carry guns on campus make college life safer? Opinions differ.
- By Michael Fickes
- 07/01/13
Facilities (Campus Spaces)
Here's how two campuses are satisfying administrators by saving money and satisfying students by increasing sustainability in their restroom and locker room renovations.
There may be help from afar.
Facilities (Campus Spaces)
A trend in residence hall design, amenities, decor and furnishings is transforming dormitories into fashionable, stylish living spaces.
Facilities (Learning Spaces)
Turning a 60-year-old high school into a 21st-Century learning environment.
- By Jeffrey P. Larimer, Scott W. Clark
- 07/01/13
The Safer Campus
Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design offers design choices that can enhance safety and security.
- By Michael Fickes
- 07/01/13
Collaborative learning involves teamwork, as does the designing of environments in which collaborative learning can thrive. Educational facility design experts know what works - and what doesn't - when it comes to creating collaborative spaces that allow for multiple uses and accommodate multiple learning styles. When creating collaborative spaces, keep the following in mind.
- By Tod Stevens, Stuart Rothenberger
- 06/01/13
Safety & Security (Prepare and Be Aware)
Affordable new access control technologies are changing the way students get into college buildings.
- By Michael Fickes
- 06/01/13
Safety & Security (Prepare and Be Aware)
Will your school access control approach really stop a determined aggressor? Important information and observations on access control.
- By Michael S. Dorn
- 06/01/13
Facilities (Campus Spaces)
Keeping historically significant facilities weatherproof and energy-efficient while preserving architectural features takes care and planning.
Business (Managing Higher Ed)
Here are five metrics for establishing and tracking performance and customer satisfaction in your outsourced campus services.
How flipping classrooms will alter classroom design, furnishings and technology to help students learn more.
- By Michael Fickes
- 06/01/13
Business (Managing K-12 Education)
Strong opinions aside, the truth is that many school districts outsource one or more services, and for reasons that include financial savings, as well as enhancing organizational flexibility, economies of scale, risk avoidance and access to capital invest